Anyone been watching this?
some very interesting topics including felling an oak - mediaeval style, squaring a log with a side axe, oak timber framing, and the making of the axe itself by the blacksmith. Oh and they're building a real castle- from scratch.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article ... om-scratch
The craftsmanship is fantastic but they are also using experimental archaeology based on findings at dug sites.
